The Internet Is Amazing...

One of my fave songs from a misspent youth is Downtown by Petula Clark. And one of my fave parodies is what Mad Magazine did to thelyrics. I could never remember what issues I'd seen it in, etc. and felt it was lost to me forever - it bacame a minor obsession to find it. But now, one quick Google search, and once again, the immortal lyrics to Ground Round are resurrected! Enjoy.


Ground Round (Sung to the tune Downtown by Petula Clark)

When you eat meat but hate the meat that you're eating
then you've surely got, GROUND ROUND
It's so unnerving when they're constantly serving
in an eating spot, GROUND ROUND
I may be called a chopped steak, a salisbury or beef patty
No matter what it's called it's always overcooked and fatty
What can you do?
Go up to your waiter there, and loudly pound on your table,
stand up on your chair, and shout:
GROUND ROUND, always you're serving me,
GROUND ROUND, always you're conning me,
GROUND ROUND, why must it always be,
GROUND ROUND, Ground Round, ground round...